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Client/Client.iml

     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.9.0" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.10.0" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.squareup.okio:okio:1.14.0" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.5" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:4.4.9" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: commons-logging:commons-logging:1.2" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: commons-codec:commons-codec:1.10" level="project" />
   </component>
 </module>

Client/pom.xml

             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
             <version>2.9.4</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!--<dependency>-->
-            <!--<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>-->
-            <!--<artifactId>fluent-hc</artifactId>-->
-            <!--<version>4.5.5</version>-->
-        <!--</dependency>-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
             <artifactId>okhttp</artifactId>
             <version>3.10.0</version>
         </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 </project>

Client/src/main/java/Id.java

 
 public class Id {
 
-    private String id;
+    private String userid;
     private String name;
     private String github;
 
     public Id(){
     }
 
-    public Id(String id, String name, String github){
-        this.id = id;
+    public Id(String userid, String name, String github){
+        this.userid = userid;
         this.name = name;
         this.github = github;
     }
 
 
     public void setId(String id) {
-        this.id = id;
+        this.userid = id;
     }
 
-    public String getId() {
-        return id;
+    public String getuserid() {
+        return userid;
     }
 
     public void setName(String name) {
 
     @Override
     public String toString(){
-        return "id: " + getId() + ", name: " + getName() + ", github: " + getGithub();
+        return "userid: " + getuserid() + ", name: " + getName() + ", github: " + getGithub();
     }
 
 }

Client/src/main/java/SimpleShell.java

                     String results = "";
                     System.out.println("To retrieve all registered github ids, press enter\n" +
                             "To register a new id or change the name associated, type your name");
+                    String first = console.readLine();
                     specificCommand = console.readLine();
                     if(specificCommand.equals("")) {
                         results = idCont.get_ids(commandList);
                         commandList.add(specificCommand);
                     }
                     System.out.println(("Enter your github id"));
+                    specificCommand = console.readLine();
                     if(!specificCommand.equals("")) {
                         commandList.add(specificCommand);
                         results = mesCont.post_world(commandList);

Client/src/main/java/YouAreEll.java

 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
-import org.apache.http.client.fluent.*;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
+import okhttp3.*;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+
 import java.io.IOException;
-import javax.swing.*;
+
 
 
 public class YouAreEll {
+    private static final MediaType JSON = MediaType.parse("application/json; charset=utf-8");
 
     YouAreEll() {
     }
         YouAreEll urlhandler = new YouAreEll();
         ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
         String payload = "";
-        Id id = new Id("-","Carolynn","me");
+        Id id = new Id("-", "Carolynn", "me");
         try {
             payload = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(id);
+            urlhandler.makeURLCall("/ids", "POST", payload);
         } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
 //        System.out.println(urlhandler.makeURLCall("/messages", "GET", ""));
     }
 
+
     public String makeURLCall(String mainurl, String method, String jpayload) {
+        OkHttpClient okHttpClient = new OkHttpClient();
         String fullUrl = "http://zipcode.rocks:8085" + mainurl;
-        String requestReturn = "";
-//        if(mainurl.equalsIgnoreCase("/ids") && method.equalsIgnoreCase("get")){
-//            try {
-//                requestReturn = Request.Get(fullUrl).execute().returnContent().asString();
-//
-//            } catch (IOException e) {
-//                e.printStackTrace();
-//            }
-//        }
-//        if(mainurl.equalsIgnoreCase("/ids") && method.equalsIgnoreCase("post")){
-//            requestReturn = Request.Post(jpayload).toString();
-//        }
-//        if(mainurl.equalsIgnoreCase("/messages")){
-//            try {
-//                Request.Get(fullUrl).execute().returnContent();
-//            } catch (IOException e) {
-//                e.printStackTrace();
-//            }
-//        }
-        return requestReturn;
-    }
+        Request request = null;
+        if (method.equalsIgnoreCase("get")) {
+            request = new Request.Builder().url(fullUrl).build();
+        }
+        if (method.equalsIgnoreCase("post")) {
+            RequestBody requestBody = RequestBody.create(JSON, jpayload);
+            request = new Request.Builder().url(fullUrl).post(requestBody).build();
+        }
 
-}
+        if (request != null) {
+            try (Response response = okHttpClient.newCall(request).execute()) {
+                return response.body().string();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+        return "" + method;
+    }
+}

YouAreEll.iml

     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.9.4" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.5" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:4.4.9" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: commons-logging:commons-logging:1.2" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: commons-codec:commons-codec:1.10" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.10.0" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.squareup.okio:okio:1.14.0" level="project" />
   </component>
 </module>

pom.xml

             <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
             <version>2.9.4</version>
         </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.5.5</version>
+            <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
+            <artifactId>okhttp</artifactId>
+            <version>3.10.0</version>
         </dependency>
+        <!--<dependency>-->
+            <!--<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>-->
+            <!--<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>-->
+            <!--<version>4.5.5</version>-->
+        <!--</dependency>-->
     </dependencies>
 </project>